Changes to car won't be coming soon
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comFor NASCAR fans hoping changes are coming to the Sprint Cup car -- aka Contraption Of Turmoil -- you can keep on waiting. The league seems convinced the car is not a problem.
Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009Johnson wills his team to finish
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comEven when the 48 car was a mangled mess sitting in the garage at Texas Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson refused to exit. That decision just may have saved his season.
Story | Conversation | November 08, 2009Martin so close, yet so far … again
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comThe math says Mark Martin is still in contention for his first Sprint Cup championship. The reality? The best Martin likely can do is finish second -- for the fifth time in his career.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009NASCAR better be worried about drivers' power
Ed Hinton...wrecked because a few of them needed to get something done -- such as Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon struggling to gain points on Jimmie Johnson in the Chase. Without that, there might have been...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009Johnson's finish as good as a win
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comJamie McMurray won the race Sunday at Talladega, and Jimmie Johnson won the title. Oh, not officially for Johnson, not yet. But it will take a miracle to catch him now.
Story | Conversation | November 01, 2009Talladega the great equalizer? Not for JJ
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comStill think Sunday's Cup race at Talladega -- the world's largest roulette wheel -- is the Chase field's best chance to derail three-time defending champ Jimmie Johnson? You kiddin'?
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Martinsville offers high-octane made-for-TV racing
Ed Hinton, ESPN.com...something could happen any second. That nothing ever came of the early-race mini-feud between Jeff Gordon and Juan Pablo Montoya is beside the point. And so it was with Hamlin's avowed...
Page | ConversationMontoya fuming after bump with Martin
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comJuan Pablo Montoya and Mark Martin have been big buddies this season. One bump on the track Saturday night put Martin in a Chase hole and may have Montoya all but out.
Story | Conversation | October 17, 2009Pearson's plight could be bad news for Johnson
Ed Hinton...his due. And Johnson is decades from getting his. If they gave Cup points for poignant philosophizing, Jeff Burton would be an eight-time champion by now. So we can turn to him for wisdom...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009So, who gets left out next year?
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comFiltering in NASCAR's Hall of Fame electees to five per year means 2010 is likely to be as controversial as the inaugural class. Who's next? Let's say Pearson, Allison and Yarborough are locks, but that hardly scratches the surface of who's deserving.
Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009Standardized start times a victory for the fans
Ed Hinton...wait … and wait. The latest gossip about Dale Earnhardt Jr., or the latest video of Jeff Gordon and family, are fine, in their place, but … Action. Ned Jarrett, the broadcaster who was...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009Gordon's runner-up effort lost in Stewart's hoopla
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comTodd Warshaw/Getty Images Jeff Gordon served notice Sunday at Kansas Speedway that he's still a factor in the 2009 Chase...
Page | ConversationGordon not backing down from fight
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comNo, Jeff Gordon's not off to the start he wanted two races into the Chase. But the four-time champion, now 38, might just have a little "Wonder Boy" left in him yet.
Story | Conversation | October 01, 2009Chase time is Jimmie's time
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comIt happens every autumn: The Yankees make a pennant run. Brett Favre makes another NFL start. And Jimmie Johnson makes his annual push for a Sprint Cup title.
Story | Conversation | September 18, 2009Best storyline? A JJ four-peat
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comSix stories in the 2009 Chase would resonate in both the motorsports community and the mainstream public. But only one outcome would truly rock NASCAR's world.
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